Arctic Ice August 2011 In the days of sailing ships and the early days of steam, even into the early years of the 20th century, much of the Arctic remained inaccessible due to the extensive pack ice…

Arctic Ice July 2011 - Update Are we headed for another 2007 style crash ? In my Arctic Ice March 2011 - Update #1,  I gave these figures for September minimum - an extent below 4 million km2 is…

An unusual number of destructive storm surges along the East Coast during the 2009-2010 El Niño winter could be a taste of things to come - with more destructive storm surges in future El Niño years…

New research on Jakobshavn Isbrae, a tongue of ice extending out to sea from Greenland's west coast, shows that large, marine-calving glaciers don't just shrink rapidly in response to global warming…

Arctic Ice July 2011 For much of the written history of the Arctic, exceptional extents of open water were reported in terms of what the explorer, fisherman, whaler or sealer had previously…

A new study shows that the rate of sea-level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years - and a consistent link between changes in global mean surface…

_I'm a little bit late in my linking, but the Carnival of the Blue is up for May! Huzzah! I've enjoyed following and occasionally contributing to this monthly compilation of ocean blogging. Sad to…

The Sea Isn't Level In all discussions of sea level it is absolutely vital to keep in mind at all times that the sea is a very dynamic ravenous beast that wants to devour your coastal lands. In…

Nares Ice Bridge Breakup The ice bridge in Nares Strait at the Kane Basin outlet to Baffin Bay has begun to break up. There was a plug of consolidated ice solidly wedged across the channel. …

An Arctic Decade 2001 - 2011 For thousands of years the Arctic has been covered in perennial ice with seasonal changes at the margins and some natural variation, seen as losses and recoveries of…